Suffering in the bitter way is a master, this sentence is an unbreakable truth wherever it goes, but well, this is easy to say, everyone can talk about it, but how many can really do it? Li Zhen can't care about others, now Li Zhen is most annoyed by someone saying this in front of him, if anyone says it, Li Zhen has to be in a hurry with him, without him, Li Zhen is living in misery at this time.

If you walk under the sun, most of them will work, and the sweat on your body will pour out like a waterfall, and if you have to carry heavy loads to rush under the scorching sun, then you are afraid that the sin will be a little inhuman. It seems that these days should be cool in the room where ice cubes are placed, if you can drink a pot of sour plum soup with ice cubes, then it will be more refreshing, but unfortunately this kind of good thing is an unattainable dream for Li Zhen, look, under the big sun, Li Zhen is holding a big bucket as thick as his waist, and he is shaking his two little feet hard.

It's been half a year, it's been half a year, it's almost three days from three or nine days to now, Li Zhen hasn't had a day of comfort at all, and the daily work is full - I have to rush to Li Jing's house to study early in the morning, and after noon, I will get Qin Qiong's house to practice, Li Jing's head is just that, it's just a practice of writing, memorizing and writing, not to mention learning the art of war strategy, even martial arts have never seen Li Jing mention, just that little so-called homework is not enough for Li Zhen to stuff his teeth, very relaxed, It's just that when he arrived at Qin Qiong's mansion, Li Zhenke suffered, what did he do on horseback and archery, practice guns and practice knives, he didn't see it, every day is a job - carrying water, he can't use a flat pole, he has to use his hand, he has to fill a water tank within the specified time every day to call it a day, since last year to the present, the water tank filled with water is getting bigger and bigger, not to mention, the bucket in his hand is also growing, but the incense that can calculate the time is getting shorter and shorter, Qin Qiong is still a strict teacher, and he has never been willing to be accommodating, but whenever he is exceeded, the punishment must not be escaped, was so stunned that Li Zhen couldn't even breathe.

Three trips, damn it, at least three more trips to complete today's task. Li Zhen, who was walking, stumbled and almost fell to the ground, finally stood firm, shook his head fiercely, shook off the sweat dripping on his eyelashes, secretly estimated the progress in his heart, his eyes were full of depression, and there was a trace of unwillingness, without him, this kind of living crime was only suffered by Li Zhen alone, but Li Zhi, who also worshiped Qin Qiong as a teacher, did not use it - at the beginning, Li Zhi also had to carry water like Li Zhen, but since he was sick with frostbite, there was a will in the palace: King Jin only needs to learn to ride and shoot, is also a prince, and the teacher who worships together, but people can sit aside and drink herbal tea with the master, but they have to work hard, the difference between this day and place really makes Li Zhen a little heartwarming, no way, who let Li Zhen is a "general star", there is no way to hold on.

"Starling, come on, the incense is about to go out!" Just when Li Zhen was thinking about it, Lao Jiu Li Zhi's crisp shout rang out.

Gotcha, damn it, if you don't hurry up, you'll have to be punished again when you turn around, damn Xiao Jiu, why is your life so good? Li Zhen didn't even have the strength to answer, shook his head with a wry smile, and hurriedly stumbled forward, feeling a little puzzled in his heart - in his previous life, Li Zhen was not unable to endure hardships, but he didn't have such great perseverance, or he wouldn't have worked hard in the printing factory at the beginning, wasn't it just to change a more comfortable working environment? This time I finally became a prince, enjoying all the glory and wealth, but I was able to endure great hardship, what is this matter, Li Zhen can't figure out where the spirit of enduring hardship in her body comes from anyway, maybe it can only be attributed to crossing syndrome.

Damn, it's done! When the sun was sinking in the west, Li Zhen finally poured the last bucket of water into the water tank before the incense was extinguished, and was so tired that she sat down on the ground, but she was panting vigorously, her little arms and legs were so sore that they seemed to be broken, and it would probably take a while to recover some strength, dragging two empty buckets, some of them walked to the shade of the tree where Qin Qiong was, and gasped: "Master, the student has completed today's homework, please give the master instructions." ”

Old Man Qin lay down very comfortably on the rocking chair sent by Li Zhenxin and rocked, looked at Li Zhen with half-open eyes and said, "Well, okay, start practicing guns with Ming'er." ”

Aha, I'm getting used to guns, damn it, I finally don't have to do a water porter anymore. Li Zhen was so excited that he almost threw the pair of empty buckets in his hand, but he didn't expect Old Man Qin's next sentence to make Li Zhen fall to the ground from the clouds - "Change the big bucket and the big water tank tomorrow." ”

What? Make no mistake, you still have to carry water? Holy! Li Zhen was so angry and anxious that she almost scolded, but after looking at Qin Qiong's burly figure, she didn't dare to make a sound, so she had no choice but to say with a bitter face: "Yes, master, the student obeys the order." ”

"Well, that's all for today, let's go back." Qin Qiong nodded with satisfaction and motioned for the Li Zhen brothers to go.

"The students quit." The Li Zhen brothers each bowed and saluted, and walked out of the back garden of the Qin Mansion side by side.

"Starling." Just walked out of the gate of the Qin Mansion, and before Li Zhen got into the sedan chair, Li Zhi suddenly shouted behind him, and there was a little bit of panic, a little uneasiness, and a little anticipation in that voice.

Well? What is this kid doing? Li Zhen was stunned for a moment when she heard that Li Zhi's tone was a little wrong, but at this moment Li Zhen was tired enough, she was really too lazy to think about it, and said without looking back: "If the pheasant slave has something to say, just say it." ”

"Starling, that's the case, eldest sister, ah, and the second sister asked the younger brother to ask the starling, that, ah, is there the kind of orchid table and chair that the starling gave to the younger brother?" Li Zhi held back for a while before he mustered up the courage to ask timidly.

Eldest sister, second sister? Hey,. Li Zhen naturally understands that the eldest sister and second sister in Li Zhi's mouth refer to Princess Changle and Princess Chengyang, speaking of which, one of these two princesses together is ranked as the fifth and the other is the sixth, the former is the eldest daughter of the eldest grandson, and the latter is the adopted daughter of the eldest grandson, which can also be regarded as a concubine, and in the eyes of this son-in-law, all the other princesses are excluded, which makes Li Zhen very dissatisfied, after all, Li Zhen is also a concubine, and she has no good impression of those sons-in-law, but Li Zhen naturally will not bring her thoughts to her face, After a pause, he turned around and said: "What is the ninth brother talking about, what the elder brother has is not the ninth brother's, what is the matter so clear, this is good, go back and let the elder brother go to the 'Yan Ji' to say, Ming'er will be sent to the palace?" ”

Li Zhi nodded happily, his eyes narrowed into slits with a smile, Li Zhen scolded secretly in his heart, but his face was full of amiable smiles, patted Li Zhi's shoulder and said, "Let's go, it's time to go back to the palace, I have to go to school tomorrow morning." ”

"Hmm." Li Zhi nodded vigorously and returned to his sedan chair with great satisfaction. Li Zhen laughed self-deprecatingly, also got up the sedan chair, and instructed Liu Dequan, who was with him, to get up the sedan chair and go back to the palace, but his heart was full of unhappiness: Damn, there must be something strange about this matter, Changle and Chengyang are not greedy for small and cheap people, besides, although the set of tables and chairs is more expensive, but as far as their monthly routine is concerned, it is still easy to buy a set, and there is no reason to let Xiao Jiu come out and reach out to us, this matter is not good is that Xiao Jiu is thinking about pleasing his two sisters, hey, it seems that this Xiao Jiu is not a simple character, At a young age, he knows how to behave well, and he still uses Lao Tzu's things to do favors, it's fucking damned! No matter what, Lao Tzu doesn't plan to take the heir, what do you want to do with those who don't have it, bad luck, you still have to work tomorrow, so let's go back and freshen up and go to bed early.

Li Zhen, who was so tired that he had no dreams all night, got up early in the morning, was served by the eunuchs to change his clothes and freshen up, hurriedly had breakfast, met Li Zhi at the palace gate, and hurriedly took a sedan chair to Li Jing's mansion outside the city before dawn, this is all customary, but all the days when Li Jing does not go to court are like this, but there is nothing to say, but today the little brothers who rushed to Li Jing's house were surprised to find that Li Jing was not the only one waiting in the study. There was also a white-haired Taoist priest in a Taoist robe who was sitting on a futon with his eyes closed.

"Student Li Zhen (Li Zhi) has met Li Xiang." The Li Zhen brothers were full of doubts in their hearts, but they didn't dare to be rude in front of Li Jing, who had never been smiling, and hurried forward to salute.

"Hmm." Li Jing never liked to say much, but he responded lightly, waved his hand, and motioned for the little brothers to sit down, but he leaned sideways, bent down slightly, and said to the white-haired Taoist priest who was closing his eyes and recuperating: "Senior brother, they are here." ”

Brother? Old Man Li actually has a senior brother, heh, what is the origin of this old way, strange, how have we never heard that Old Man Li has a teacher, that is, those wild histories in later generations have never said which family and which faction Old Man Li is, well, I have been in this dynasty for so many years, and it seems that I have never heard of where Old Man Li's ability came from, ha, it seems that this mystery should be revealed today. Li Zhen's heart turned and looked curiously at the white-haired Taoist priest with his eyes closed, but unexpectedly, at the same time as Li Zhen looked at the old Taoist, the old Taoist priest suddenly opened his eyes, and a pair of eyes flashed with fine light, not at all the old eyes were dizzy, but as sharp as two sharp swords, which made Li Zhen feel like he was naked in front of him, and suddenly a spirit suddenly stirred in his heart, and he hurriedly looked away, not daring to look at the old Taoist priest again.

"The two princes, the poor Yuan Tiangang is reasonable." The old Taoist priest's voice was very gentle, but his mid-air was very sufficient, and just listening to the voice did not look like an old and frail person at all, but like a young scholar.

Yuan Tiangang? What a familiar name, well, it's him, what is he doing here? Li Zhen's heart trembled suddenly, and suddenly remembered what kind of person the old Taoist priest in front of him was - Yuan Tiangang, a native of Chengdu (now Chengdu, Sichuan) in Yizhou in the early Tang Dynasty, good at style, tired of unpleasant, is the most famous scholar in the early Tang Dynasty, known as Yuan Banxian, whether it is the official history or the wild history There are many records about this person, according to the wild history: When Wu Meiniang was still in infancy, this person asserted that Wu Meiniang would one day become the Son of Heaven.

Compared to Li Zhen's shock, Li Zhi didn't react much, he didn't know what kind of person this old Taoist priest who called himself Yuan Tiangang was, seeing Li Jing calling him a senior brother, Li Zhi didn't dare to be rude, and replied with a smile: "The immortal chief is polite, since the immortal chief is the senior brother of the family teacher, Xiao Wang should also call the immortal chief his uncle." ”

"Don't dare, His Royal Highness the King of Jin is polite, the poor road can't afford the name of the uncle." Yuan Tiangang smiled mildly and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, please take a seat, if you don't dislike it, and let Poor Dao see what His Highness looks like?" ”

Li Zhi was not polite, and said with a smile: "Uncle Shi has a life, and Xiao Wang obeys." As soon as the words fell, he sat down in his chair with his hands down without saying a word.

Yuan Tiangang nodded with a smile, looked at Li Zhi's face carefully, kept pointing his right finger, calculated for a while, and suddenly a fine light flashed in his eyes and said: "Good, good, good, poor Dao gives His Highness a word, and please keep it in mind, don't forget it: when you meet Wu Chengxiang, when you meet Su, when you are in trouble, you will be broken." If His Royal Highness can pass the test, he will be a long journey in the future. ”

Li Zhi didn't know about the way of physiognomy, and he didn't take it to heart when he heard this, but he thanked him casually, but Li Zhen was different, he knew the general direction of the development of history, and when he heard this criticism, his heart shook suddenly, and his face suddenly became a little ugly: Yu Wu Chengxiang, damn, doesn't that martial word refer to Wu Meiniang? Damn, this old guy shouldn't have been sent by Wu Meiniang, right? Wrong! Wu Meiniang is still a yellow-haired girl at this time, there are few people in the Tang Dynasty who can know her name, even if Wu Meiniang is powerful, it is impossible to start arranging big plans when she was a child, not to mention that this old guy is Li Jing's senior brother, how can ordinary people make it call, damn, it seems that this old man really has the ability to predict the future, well, when Su is in trouble, who does this Su refer to? Li Zhen's mind became a pot of porridge, and he thought about it for a while, and he didn't even hear Yuan Tiangang greet him, and in the end, Li Zhi secretly pulled Li Zhen back, and only then did he pull Li Zhen back from the sleepwalking state, and when he saw the old Taoist priest looking at him with a smile, Li Zhen was busy calming down, got up and said respectfully: "Little Wang Li Zhen has seen the immortal chief, I don't know what the immortal chief has to teach?" ”

Yuan Tiangang smiled, glanced at Li Zhen, and said lightly: "Lord Wang, please take a seat." ”

Seeing that Yuan Tiangang's appearance to Li Zhi was quite reliable, Li Zhen couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in her heart, after all, she knew her own affairs best, and Li Zhen was really worried that her identity would be seen through by this unfathomable old Taoist, but she didn't expect Yuan Tiangang to show Li Zhen what she meant, just looked at Li Zhen lightly, silently didn't say a word, and was stunned to stir Li Zhen's heart, most of the time, Yuan Tiangang suddenly sighed and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Han is a person who is destined, and there is something to give away from the poor road." As soon as the words fell, he took out a flat small package from his arms and handed it to Li Zhen very carefully.

Li Zhen took the small package inexplicably, opened it and saw that it was an ancient book with a shabby cover, the book was not thick, that is, it looked like a dozen pages, and the text on the cover had long been worn out to see clearly, Li Zhengang just wanted to open the book to see what was going on, but Yuan Tiangang said with a smile: "This thing is owned by the poor Taoist master, and it is not too late for His Royal Highness the King of Han to have time to read it in the future. “

Well, this old bull's nose is mysterious, what kind of demon moth is there? Li Zhen was complacent and puzzled, but he still responded very respectfully: "Although the master has something to order, if Xiao Wang can do it, he will definitely not refuse." ”

"That's good, in this way, Poor Dao will thank His Royal Highness the King of Han first." A trace of excitement flashed across Yuan Tiangang's face, and he took a deep breath and said: "Poor Dao self-questioning physiognomy is the best in the world, there is no one who cannot be counted, how can someone who can't count himself, and there is nothing to be done." After a pause, he continued: "The future of the poor road may have something to do with His Royal Highness the King of Han, if there is something offended, please ask His Royal Highness the King of Han to forgive the sin." ”

What? What kind of play is this old bull's nose talking about? Damn, why can't I understand it, it seems that this old way sent us things just so that we could let him go in the future? Damn, it can't be so godly, right? Li Zhen has a ghost in her heart, and there is no one in her heart, some people believe it, but the years of atheist education in her previous life made Li Zhen dare not believe that there is such a thing, and she was a little stunned for a while, and the look on her face also changed constantly, and after being silent for a long time, she said with a resolute face: "What the master said, Xiao Wang must obey it." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness the King of Han." As soon as Li Zhen's voice fell, Yuan Tiangang immediately sighed as if he had been released, and he suddenly got up, glanced at Li Zhen meaningfully and said: "If you have a thought, your mind will move, and His Royal Highness the King of Han only needs to follow his heart to do so." As soon as he finished speaking, he neither opened his mouth to explain, nor gave Li Zhen a chance to ask questions, and looked at Li Jingyi, who was always sitting silently, laughed and walked away, leaving only the three masters and apprentices in the room, and a strange atmosphere permeated the study......